Cruz, who dated Cruise from 2001 to 2004, declined to offer details of the meeting, but praised Suri as a special baby.

"She's really beautiful. She's one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen," the 32-year-old actress said. She was in London Thursday night to attend the British premiere of her new film, "Volver."

As a onetime Cruise consort, we can hardly consider the actress a reliable source in this matter; whatever settlement her agent reached with Scientology's Celebrity Retention Tribunal to have her released from her billion-year personal services agreement undoubtedly included a provision that she could one day be called upon to validate a controversial procreation. Besides, she probably gets a secret thrill out of looking at photos of Katie Holmes smiling blankly through her imprisonment, then congratulating herself on getting out of that relationship before Cruise had a chance to get serious with the fake baby talk.